Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Railways Corporation (URC) is in the final stages of hiring a private party to lease, develop and operate the multi-billion Gulu Logistics hub in Gulu City. Construction of the 8.2 Million US dollars (approximately 31 billion Shillings) facility was completed in December 2021, after …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Former Makerere University Academic Staff Association-Muasa Chairman, Dr. Deus Kamunyu Muhwezi has been elected as a member of the University Council, the highest governing body of the institution. Kamunyu who defeated Dr. Muhammad Kiggundu Musoke, a man he replaced as Muasa chairman and Associate Professor Nector …
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Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The State Minister for Northern Uganda Rehabilitation, Grace Kwiyucwiny has asked farmers in Acholi sub-region to shift from subsistence to commercial agriculture to eradicate poverty and attract processing plants. Kwiyucwiny says the majority of farmers in the region are still engaged in subsistence farming which hasn’t …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Thomas Tayebwa, has called on government to extensively look into reckless driving on the roads to curb accidents. During the plenary sitting of Thursday, 24 November 2022, Tayebwa in his communication to the House, said that although there has always been …
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Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Leaders in Kitgum district are concerned about the constant elephant invasion. The leaders note that the stray elephants from Kidepo Valley National Park are affecting farming mainly in the sub-counties of Orom, Omiya Anyima, Namokora, and Kiteny sub-counties. Christopher Obol Arwai, the LCV chairperson Kitgum, said …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A section of Star Times Uganda Premier League clubs have questioned FUFA’s decision to punish clubs for the hooliganism of their fans. This stems from the recent decision by the local federation to sanction clubs in a bid to stem the growing cases of hooliganism in …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & URN | All students, except the candidates in the middle of their UNEB exams, will return home today for holidays – two weeks earlier than scheduled. Government a fortnight ago decided to close schools earlier than expected, due to the ongoing Ebola outbreak in …
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Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A small aircraft being operated by a student from the Jinja city-based Vine Air Flight Academy veered off the runway at Kimaka airstrip on Thursday afternoon, and crashed about 20 meters away. The unnamed student was immediately rescued from the aircraft and taken to an undisclosed …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament have demanded a statement from the government on the sporadic attacks on different police stations across the country. Raising on a matter of procedure during plenary on Thursday, 22 November 2022, Kalungu West MP, Joseph Ssewungu, demanded that government provides a comprehensive statement …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Human Rights Commission-UHRC has launched a digital complaint filing application eliminating the need for affected persons to physically appear before the commission officials to be heard. The app, which can be downloaded through the google play store on android phones was developed by Datatrack Solutions …
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